There are some general décor tips that help you immensely when you want to know how to summer up your home. Summer décor tips in general suggest that you choose fabrics and art that are light colored and uplifting. (more…)
-“Take me, I am the drug; take me, I am hallucinogenic.”
-“Surrealism? I am Surrealism!” -Salvador Dali
On a quick trip down to London last month, I had the pleasure of visiting the Dali Museum. (more…)
Starry Night; Vincent Van Gogh: Who can deny this great masterpiece?! Vincent used thick, quick brushstrokes applied by a course brush, or even a palette knife. Why not add a little Van Gogh to your bedroom? Coat your wall with a base color and then apply sweeping spirals and organic lines in a shapely manner. Take notice of the way Vincent used continuous outline on certain objects until the outline of corresponding objects met. This technique makes for a calming and graceful interior. Try it in your bedroom, bathroom, or nursery!
Cliff Walk at Pourville; Claude Monet: Into more soothing spaces, earth tones, and nature? Take a look at Monet. Pointillism is a method used by most of the Impressionists. Small dots of different colors bring out an ultimate color and a realistic looking scene. Sea sponges may be a more convenient way to accomplish this in modern day, as most of us don’t have the time to sit in front of the wall with a paint brush for eternity. The sponges are cheap and you can get them at any home deco store. Grab some Periwinkle, Sea Green, and Violet paint while you are there. Dab a sponge into each and go to work on your sky scene. Drag the sponge a bit to create wispy clouds. And voila! How’s that for a good Impression?
Mark Rothko: If you are more interested in mood than detail for your interior, here’s an interesting painter for you. Rothko focused more on color, composition, and shape then anything else. Although the paintings seem arbitrary to some, I believe they bring out an instant rush of emotion. As a designer, I see each of his paintings as it’s own definition of color theory. I also see them as an insight to modern interior décor and design.
Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh painted Cafe Terrace at Night, also known as The Cafe Terrace on the Place du Forum, as well as Starry Night Over the Rhone and the subsequent Starry Night towards the end of the 19th century while living in Arles France. Café Terrace was the first, painted in 1888. Using oil paint on canvas, Café Terrace at Night, was 32 inches by 26 inches. The original Café Terrace Van Gogh painting now hangs in Otterlo, Netherlands in the Kroller-Muller Museum.
The Café Terrace is a real café in Arles and its name is now Café Van Gogh. The painting in the Café Terrace at Night is one unique for Van Gogh in that its colors show warmth and the perspective shows unusual depth. It is the first Van Gogh painting that included stars as a background. That same month he painted another star filled sky in his famous Starry Night over the Rhone. Starry Night was painted the following year, 1889. Once more after that stars filled the background of a Van Gogh painting, in his Portrait of Eugene Boch.
The challenge of night painting was intriguing to Vincent Van Gogh. In Starry Night he captured the gas light reflections across the Rhone River’s blue water. The sky above the scene is lit by the Ursa Major constellation, also known as the Great Bear. In the painting’s foreground lovers stroll along the riverbanks.
Depiction of color was very important to Van Gogh. His Café Terrace at Night and both Starry Night paintings show the effort he put into capturing the sparkle and the color of the sky at night and the artificial lighting just introduced to his era.
If you love art, the best way to pursue your passion is to immerse yourself in it – and to travel around world to visit museums, galleries and more.
Therefore, I started a small “art travel guide” for those of you that want to go on vacation with an artistic theme. Every so often I will post a travel guide for a city or place that immerses itself in Art. A city that celebrates art and that has a special event going on.
If you have any recommendation then let me know…
Los Angeles houses noteworthy museums and galleries, including the Getty Center (now at two locations) and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on the Westside as well as the Norton Simon Museum and the Huntington Library, Art Collection and Botanical Gardens on the Eastside.
Must-see museum exhibition:
Degas at the Getty
through June 11 – Getty Center
The Getty’s broad and important holdings of paintings, drawings, and photographs by Edgar Degas are the focus of this exhibition, which offers a rare opportunity to explore the artist’s mastery across media. The exhibition brings together, for the first time, a wide variety of works by Degas that are usually displayed in different areas of the Museum.
There are many more things to see in LA. The opportunities are virtually endless. whatever you do, enjoy it and get inspired.
Happy and Safe travels!
Turning photos into handmade oil paintings, a new online service any art enthusiast should know. (more…)
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